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1. A TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM FOR THE INTERSECTION OF A MAIN STREET AND CROSS STREET, EACH OF SAID STREETS HAVING A TRAFFIC LANE FOR TRAFFIC PROGRESSING STRAIGHT THROUGH SAID INTERSECTION, EACH APPROACH TO SAID INTERSECTION ON SAID MAIN STREET HAVING A TURNING TRAFFIC LANE, THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT ON SAID STRAIGHT THROUGH LANE AND TURN LANE FOR EACH APPROACH ON SAID MAIN STREET BEING NON-CONFLICTING, THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT ON SAID TURNING LANES BEING NON-CONFLICTING, THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT ON SAID STRAIGHT THROUGH LANES OF SAID MAIN STREET BEING NON-CONFLICTING, THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT ON SAID THROUGH LANES OF SAID CROSS STREET BEING CONFLICTING WITH ALL OF SAID MOVEMENTS ON SAID MAIN STREET, THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT ON EACH THROUGH LANE OF EACH APPROACH OF SAID MAIN STREET BEING CONFLICTING WITH THE TRAFFIC MOVEMENT ON THE TURN LANE OF THE OPPOSITE APPROACH OF SAID MAIN STREET, DETECTION MEANS AND SIGNAL MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID LANES, THE SIGNAL MEANS FOR TWO OF SAID CONFILICTING LANES ON SAID MAIN STREET BEING CONTROLLED BY A FIRST SEQUENTIAL CONTROLLER, THE SIGNAL MEANS FOR THE OTHER TWO OF SAID CONFLICTING LANES ON SAID MAIN STREET BEING CONTROLLED BY A SECOND SEQUENTIAL CONTROLLER WHEREBY SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONTROLLERS MAY SIMULTANEOUSLY PRESENT A RIGHT OF WAY SIGNAL DISPLAY SEQUENCE TO ANY TWO OF SAID NON-CONFLICTING LANES IN RESPONSE TO ACTUATION OF THE DETECTION MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID LANES, SAID CONTROLLERS BEING INTERCONNECTED TO JOINTLY PRESENT A RIGHT OF WAY SIGNAL DISPLAY SEQUENCE TO SAID CRAOSS STREET LANES IN RESPONSE TO ACTUATION OF THE DETECTION MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH SAID CROSS STREET LANES, SYNCHRONIZING MEANS INTERCONNECTED WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND CONTROLLERS AND WITH THE DETECTION MEANS FOR EACH MOVEMENT AND BEING OPERABLE TO SYNCHRONIZE THE DETECTION MEANS FOR ANY TWO OF SAID NONCONFLICTING LANES ON SAID MAIN STREET RECEIVING THE RIGHT OF WAY SIGNAL DISPLAY BY CONNECTING THE DETECTOR MEANS FOR SAID NON-CONFLICTING MOVEMENTS IN PARALLEL WHREBY SAID RIGHT OF WAY SIGNAL DISPLAY WILL BE MAINTAINED FOR A PREDETERMINED MAXIMUM TO SAID NON-CONFLICTING LANES IN RESPONSE TO REPEATED ACTUATION OF THE DETECTION MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH ONLY ONE OF SAID NON-CONFLICTING LANES DURING AND AFTER THE ACTUATION OF DETECTION MEANS ASSOCIATED WITH CERTAIN OF SAID CONFLICTING LANES. 